House of Guwahati

Bishop Thomas Menamparampil was transferred from Dibrugarh and made Archbishop of Guwahati. It was at his insistence that the Paulines opened their second house in North east India at Guwahati, the gateway to all the seven north-eastern states.

St Pauls house in Guwahati, Assam, is named Subha Sandesh Prasarani (centre for spreading the good message). Fr Vincent Carmelbhavan pioneered the project here, and the community was erected on 22 October 2006.43 Juniors belonging to this community stay in the Salesian Seminary in Shillong, Meghalaya state, and attend classes there.

Aspirants from North-East India are trained in this house for two years. The community has a diffusion centre in the house and conducts bookexhibitions. The diffusion centre caters to the needs of several states in North-East India.

Brother JesudasAmritham has succeeded in instituting “Peace Clubs” in many schools in the area for the education of school children in communal harmony and peace in society. The civil authorities are supportive of this initiative, and the children are enthusiastic about it.

Thoughts

19/12/2018
Those who do not love young people cannot find the means and they neither know how to attract them. Only those who love often think of others, and thinking of others is often the secret of success (ATP 282).

We celebrate the feast of our Founder, Blessed James Alberione. Along with my Team and all in the Provincialate, I join you spiritually to celebrate the event meaningfully. I pray that God our loving Father may shower his choicest blessings on all of us and on all the apostolic activities of our Province through the intercession of our beloved Founder.

Our Province has just celebrated the Chapter on the theme “Do everything for the Gospel”. Alberione employed all his energies to the spread of the Good News in all its forms with all means that were at his disposal. Though physically weak he was moved by the Spirit of God to leap in to the unknown for the sake of the Gospel. May the vision of our heavenly Founder inspire us to greater commitment in our mission. May his determination to do something noble to the men and women of his times challenge us to personal renewal and may his indomitable spirit inspire us to be and to do everything for the Gospel.

Have a wonderful and grace-filled celebration of the feast. Stay blessed always.

Kindly keep our Brothers in Nigeria in your special prayers. May the Good Shepherd be close to them during these days of pain, sorrow and loss.